Friends Keep Secrets

Friends Keep Secrets is the debut studio album by American record producer Benny Blanco, released on December 7, 2018.^[1] It shares its name with Blanco's imprint of Interscope Records,^[2] through which it was released.^[1] It was preceded by four singles: "Eastside", "I Found You", "Better to Lie", and "Roses". A reissue of the album was released on March 26, 2021. It features guest appearances by Halsey, Khalid, Juice Wrld, Brendon Urie, Jesse, Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, 6lack, Ryan Beatty, Justin Bieber, 6 Dogs, Gracie Abrams, Vance Joy and Omar Apollo.

Friends Keep Secrets
Studio album by Benny Blanco
Released	December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07)
Genre	Pop hip-hop
Length	21:43
Label	Friends Keep Secrets Interscope
Producer	Benny Blanco Watt Cashmere Cat Happy Perez Calvin Harris Two Inch Punch
Benny Blanco chronology
Bangers & Cash (2007) Friends Keep Secrets (2018) Friends Keep Secrets 2 (2021)
Singles from Friends Keep Secrets
"Eastside" Released: July 12, 2018 "I Found You" Released: November 2, 2018 "Better to Lie" Released: November 30, 2018 "Roses" Released: December 5, 2018
Singles from Friends Keep Secrets 2
"Graduation" Released: August 2, 2019 "Lonely" Released: October 15, 2020 "Real Shit" Released: December 2, 2020 "You" Released: January 29, 2021 "Unlearn" Released: March 24, 2021

Promotion

On December 6, 2018, Blanco announced on his Instagram story that he was "releasing an album Friday", later posting that he was "still working on the track list" as he had just finished.^[3] He also announced his intention to host a "really small BBQ for fans in the LA area" to play his album.^[3]

Track listing

Friends Keep Secrets track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Eastside" (with Halsey and Khalid)	Benjamin Levin Edward Christopher Sheeran Nathan Perez Ashley Frangipane Khalid Robinson	Andrew Watt Benny Blanco Cashmere Cat Happy Perez	2:50
2.	"Roses" (with Juice Wrld featuring Brendon Urie)	Levin Magnus August Høiberg Perez Brendon Urie Jarad Higgins	Blanco Cashmere Cat Happy Perez	3:43
3.	"Just for Us, Pt. 2"	Levin Høiberg Perez Aaron Lammer Brandon Joyner Burton Francis Farewell Starlite Justin Vernon	Blanco Cashmere Cat Perez[a]	1:55
4.	"I Found You" (with Calvin Harris)	Levin Adam Wiles	Blanco Calvin Harris	3:09
5.	"Better to Lie" (with Jesse and Swae Lee)	Levin Høiberg Perez Ammar Malik Jacob Kasher Hindlin Jesse Rutherford John Ryan Kahlif Brown	Blanco Cashmere Cat[a] Perez[a]	2:55
6.	"More / Diamond Ring" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and 6lack)	Levin Høiberg Perez Rutherford Ricardo Valentine Romy Madley Croft Tyrone Griffin Jr.	Blanco Cashmere Cat Perez	3:02
7.	"Break My Heart" (featuring Ryan Beatty)	Levin Benjamin Ross Ash Høiberg Perez Poor Riley Ryan Beatty	Blanco Two Inch Punch	4:09
Total length:				21:43

Friends Keep Secrets 2 disc one track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lonely" (with Justin Bieber)	Justin Bieber Levin Finneas O'Connell	Blanco Finneas	2:29
2.	"Lost" (with 6 Dogs)	Levin Henry Kwapis Jack Karaszewski Høiberg Ronald Chase Amick	Blanco Cashmere Cat Henry Kwapis Jack Karaszewski	3:27
3.	"Unlearn" (with Gracie Abrams)	Levin Blake Slatkin Gracie Abrams Kwapis Karaszewski Julia Michaels Høiberg Michael Pollack	Blanco Blake Slatkin Cashmere Cat Kwapis Karaszewski	2:34
4.	"Real Shit" (with Juice Wrld)	Levin Dylan Brady Kwapis Karaszewski Higgins Høiberg	Blanco Cashmere Cat Dylan Brady Kwapis Karaszewski	3:03
5.	"You" (with Marshmello and Vance Joy)	Levin Slatkin Caroline Pennell Christopher Comstock James Keogh	Blanco Marshmello Slatkin[a]	2:49
6.	"Graduation" (with Juice Wrld)	Levin Colleen Fitzpatrick Higgins Josh Deutsch Høiberg Perez	Blanco Cashmere Cat Perez	2:57
7.	"Care" (with Omar Apollo)	Levin Slatkin Kwapis Karaszewski Omar Apollo	Blanco Slatkin Kwapis Karaszewski	4:50

Friends Keep Secrets 2 – Apple Music bonus videos track listing

No.	Title	Director	Length
15.	"Lonely" (with Justin Bieber)	Jake Schreier	2:37
16.	"Unlearn" (with Gracie Abrams)	Schreier	2:36
17.	"You" (with Marshmello and Vance Joy)	William Child	2:50
18.	"Graduation" (with Juice Wrld)	Schreier	4:06
19.	"Eastside" (with Halsey and Khalid)	Schreier	2:53
20.	"I Found You" (with Calvin Harris)	Schreier	3:13

Notes

• ^{^[a]} indicates an additional producer.
• Disc two of the reissue contains the tracks listed on the original release.

Personnel

Musicians

• Benny Blanco – keyboards (1–3, 6, 7), programming (1–3, 5–7), guitar (5)
• Happy Perez – guitar (1, 3, 5, 6), keyboards (2, 5), programming (1-3, 5–7)
• Andrew Watt – guitar, programming (1)
• Cashmere Cat – keyboards, programming (1–3, 5–7)
• Khalid – vocals (1)
• Halsey – vocals (1)
• Brendon Urie – vocals (2)
• Juice Wrld – vocals (2)
• Francis and the Lights – vocals (3)
• Justin Vernon – vocals (3)
• Calvin Harris – vocals (4)
• John Ryan – background vocals (5)
• Ammar Malik – guitar (5)
• Jesse – vocals (5), additional vocals (6)
• Swae Lee – vocals (5)
• Ryan Beatty – additional vocals (6), vocals (7)
• Romy – guitar (6)
• 6lack – vocals (6)
• Ty Dolla Sign – vocals (6)
• Sandra Levin – additional vocals (7)
• Poor Riley – guitar (7)
• Phil Peterson – strings (7)
• Victoria Parker – violin (7)

Technical

• Serban Ghenea – mixer (1, 5)
• Benny Blanco – mixer (2, 3, 6, 7), engineer (1–3, 6, 7), mix engineer (2, 3)
• Calvin Harris – mixer, engineer (4)
• David Schwerkolt – engineer (1, 2)
• Chris Sclafani – engineer (1)
• Denis Kosiak – engineer (1)
• Chris Messina – engineer (3)
• Justin Vernon – engineer (3)
• John Ryan – engineer (5)
• Happy Perez – engineer (6, 7)
• James Royo – engineer (6)
• 6lack – engineer (6)
• John Hanes – mix engineer (7), assistant mixer (1)
• Louis Bell – vocal editing (1)
• Alex Layne – assistant recording engineer (2)
• Jeremy Simoneaux – assistant recording engineer (6)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018–2021) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 39 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[5] 21 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 14 French Albums (SNEP)[7] 160 Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] 74 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[9] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 35 US Billboard 200[11] 41

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[12] 151

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Friends Keep Secrets

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[13]	Gold	10,000‡
Singapore (RIAS)[14]	Gold	5,000*
United States (RIAA)[15]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.